BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Serbia won the women’s European basketball championship and a place in the 2016 Olympics after a 76-68 win over hot favorites France on Sunday.
It was the first medal for the Serbians as an independent nation and it surpassed their best achievement as part of the former Yugoslavia, who clinched four silver and two bronze medals.
Having squeezed into the final with a 74-72 win over Belarus, Serbia produced their best performance of the tournament after overcoming an early seven-point deficit against the French.
Playmaker Milica Dabovic sat out the second half with an elbow injury but her sister Ana, a versatile shooting guard named the event’s most valuable player, led the charge with 25 points.